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Newspaper clipping, "Autonomous flying force debated on air," from the Washington Post, August 26, 1943. Reports on the recent "American Forum of the Air" radio broadcast, during which participants debated the need for a separate military branch for…

Photograph of Eleanor Roosevelt (center) with Commander A. L. Mare (left) and Major General Charles F. Thompson (right) at a headquarters building on an unidentified island, August 25, 1943.Typed caption glued to verso: "161-6-43-335. HQ II Island…

Aerial photograph of a Messerschmitt factory in Regensburg, Germany after an aerial bombing, August 17, 1943.Caption: "Results of B-17 attack on Messerschmidt [Messerschmitt] factory at Regensburg - 17 August 1943. First wave of attack. Photograph of…

Photograph of a group of military servicemen and servicewomen, including fighter ace James C. Stewart (center of group), standing by a path in Borthwick, Scotland, July 27, 1943.Inscription on verso: "University of Edinburgh course. July 27, 1943. In…

Letter to Mrs. Martha Moerbe from Headquarters, 1st AAF Flying Training Detachment, U.S. Army Air Forces, July 26, 1943. Notifies her that her son, Norman B. Moerbe, has been eliminated from pilot training and asks for her support and sympathy during…

Photograph of a U.S. Army Air Corps serviceman standing in a yard, July 19, 1943.Inscription: "A/C George [Barnes?]. My Corp."Inscription on verso: "Taken at home on my furlough. 7/19/43."Item from the Margery Watson World War II Photographs album…

Letter to George E. Adams Sr. from Colonel W. A. Robertson, Santa Ana Army Air Base (California), July 12, 1943. Congratulates Mr. Adams on his son, George E. Adams Jr., being selected for pilot training in the U.S. Army Air Forces. One typed page…

Photograph of Royal Navy servicemen guarding Italian prisoners of war on a beachhead in Sicily, Italy, July 10, 1943.Typed caption glued to verso: "First prisoners in Sicily. British naval commandos, one of whom is armed with a sub-machine gun, guard…

Memorandum to students and instructors of the Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress School, July 2, 1943. Contains new code numbers for subjects taught at the school. One typed page.

Photographic group portrait of VMF-214 (Marine Fighter Squadron 214) in front of a Vought F4U Corsair aircraft, Russell Islands, July 1943. The men are identified by last name in the included caption. Included caption: "Russel [Russell] Islands. July…